A review by mkjacobswrites
Highcliffe House by Megan Walker

5.0

Highcliffe House is the perfect name for a Regency Brighton home by the sea. This did not always feel like 1813, though, at least not with the tone in dialogue and physical contact, not to mention the convenient ending where the father gives his daughter a lot more leeway than I think would typically happen. Still, it was such a pleasure to read. Anna and Graham both had clear motivations and growth through the story, and, more than that, I liked how it wasn't just the love interests who were fleshed out; the little sister characters were both done especially well. Also, on a personal note, my favorite flowers are poppies, so when I found out that I had that in common with the protagonist, it made me feel even more like she could be real. I wish we got a scene of Graham really reading to Anna with his spectacles on - like poetry or a play or something, like when Fanny can't focus on her sewing in Mansfield Park...but the fact that I can picture another scene so vividly for this book shows how well Walker constructed the world.